Under 2.4, Dimensions, Recommendations, the CF standard says "In files that are meant to conform to the COARDS subset of CF, any dimensions of a variable other than space and time dimensions should be added "to the left" of the space and time dimensions as represented in CDL."
So, if I have a variable that varies with time, latitude, longitude and wavelength, then the recommendation is to use the dimensions:
wavelength, time, latitude, longitude
However, such a set of dimensions doesn't allow me to define a compliant file with an expanding time dimension and an extra dimension. Is there a subset to CF/COARDS that would otherwise follow COARDS, except for the dimension ordering, which would allow me to define a much more manageable variable with dimensions such as:
time, latitude, longitude, wavelength
Thanks,
Mike
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Michael A. Godin
Software Engineer
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Phone: 831-775-2063
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Received on Wed Sep 27 2006 - 13:06:09 BST
